Tuesday, March 28, 2023

US President Joe Biden

Biden to meet Xi on Nov 14; Taiwan on agenda

In an address to the media, US President Joe Biden has confirmed that he will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on November 14 in Bali during which Taiwan is expected to top the agenda. The meeting in Bali...

Looking for competition, not conflict with China: Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden has said he is looking for competition and not conflict with China.Biden is likely to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, later this month.During the...

Ahead of elections, Biden announces steps to reduce gas prices in US

Ahead of the crucial mid-term polls, US President Joe Biden has announced a slew of measures to lower gas prices, which have been hurting the middle class.Biden, in a major policy speech, reiterated that Russian President Vladimir Putin was...

Russia annexes 4 regions of Ukraine

PUTIN SIGNS ‘ACCESSION TREATIES’ IN DEFIANCE OF INTL LAW; US,WEST IMPOSE FRESH SANCTIONS Vladimir Putin has signed “accession treaties” formalising Russia’s illegal annexation of four occupied regions in Ukraine – Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk – marking the largest forcible...

Biden warns Putin against tactical nuclear weapons

US President Joe Biden has warned Russia not to use chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.According to BBC report, speaking during an interview with CBS News, Biden said such action would “change the face of...

World leaders begin gathering in UK for Queen’s funeral

World leaders begin gathering in London from Saturday for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, as princes William and Harry are set to lead a vigil of her grandchildren at her coffin.The queen’s death on September 8 aged 96,...

Biden formalises US support for Finland, Sweden joining NATO

President Joe Biden formally welcomed Finland and Sweden joining the NATO alliance Tuesday as he signed the instruments of ratification that delivered the U.S.’s formal backing of the Nordic nations entering the mutual defense pact, part of a reshaping...

Biden calls for reducing gun violenceon 10th anniv of gurdwara attack

President Joe Biden has called for reducing gun violence and banning assault weapons in the US to defeat “domestic terrorism” and hate in all its forms, including the “poison of white supremacy”, as he condemned the attack on a...

Who is Al Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri?

Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeded as the leader of the global terror group Al Qaeda after former US President Barack Obama took out the dreaded Osama Bin Laden in a planned attack in Abotttabad in 2011.Al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a...